Images Dated 22nd January 2014

Rani ki vav, Patan, Gujarat, India

Rani ki vav is a famous stepwell situated in Patan town in Gujarat in India.
Patan was called as Anhilpur Patan when King Siddharja Jaysingh was ruling & it was the capital of Gujarat. Mr. Vanraja Chavda has founded Patan. During the period of the Solanki or Chalukya, the stepwell called the Rani ki vav, or Ran-ki vav (Queen's step well) was constructed. It is a richly sculptured monument.
It is generally assumed that it was built in the memory of Bhimdev I (AD 1022 to 1063) son of Mularaja, the founder of the Solanki dynasty of Anahilwada Pattan in about 1050 AD by his widowed queen Udayamati.
Rani-Ki Vav.
It was probably completed by Udayamati and Karandev I after his death. A reference to Udayamati building the monument is in the Prabandha Chintamani composed by Merunga Suri in 1304 AD

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Kumbum Stupa (1439), Palcho Monastery (Pelkor Chode, Shekar Gyantse), Gyantse County

Kumbum Stupa (1439), Palcho Monastery (Pelkor Chode, Shekar Gyantse), Gyantse County, Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet, China

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Utse temple, Samye Monastery (Samye Gompa), Dranang, Shannan Prefecture, Tibet, China

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